CAE report

 

Report 


Report 1

Six months ago, your company started to sponsor a local sports club and your manager has asked you to write a progress report. 

Your report should explain why your company chose to sponsor that sports club, describe the form that the sponsorship takes, and suggest with reasons why it should or should not continue. 


Report in sponsorship of youth football team

Introduction

The purpose of this report is to assess the company’s sponsorship of the local youth football team. 


Title

Give the purpose of the report, in different words from the instructions. 

Reasons for sponsorship

The company received negative publicity when a chemical leakage from the factory polluted the river. It was therefore decided that efforts should be made to improve the company’s image locally. The town’s youth football team was chosen as it was struggling financially. It was felt that helping the club would provide very positive publicity for the company. 

Explained why the company decided to start sponsorship, and why it chose the football team. 

Details of sponsorship

The company offered to meet the football club’s expenses in full, initially for two years. Sponsorship covers the cost of hiring the council-owned football pitch that the club uses. Previously the club could only afford to hire the pitch for three hours once a week; the company has doubled this to two three hour sessions each week. 

Gives details





Shows how the club benefits from being sponsored 

The company has also agreed to pay for a new football kit for club members, which should be available before the start of the next football season. 

 

Recommendation

Some letters in local newspapers suggest that the company’s motives for sponsoring the team were suspect. However, this is outweighed by a considerable amount of positive publicity, as the youth football club is very popular in the town and its financial struggles were a cause of concern. For this reason, and because the sponsorship has raised the company’s profile and greatly improved its image locally, I strongly recommend that we continue. 

Considers both negative and positive effects




Reports usually but not always include a recommendation about future action.






Report 2

In your English class, you have been discussing festivals around the world. Your tutor has asked you to write a report on a popular festival in your country that may interest other students. Your report should:

  • Describe the event, saying where and when it takes place

  • Say how popular it is and why

  • Outline some changes you think should be made


Write a report in an appropriate style


Possible headlines

  1. Finding out about chocolate

  2. Recommendations

  3. Introduction

  4. The artistic application of chocolate

A sweet festival in Germany

  1. __________

The aim of this report is to provide information on the ChocoArt festival, held each December in the picturesque university town of Tubingen in south-west Germany. 

  1. __________

As the name implies, this festival is about chocolate as art, with the world's greatest chocolate makers all competing to produce the most impressive creations. There are also fascinating exhibitions of chocolate sculptures, examples of products from around the world and, in the evening, projections on the walls of the town center buildings. Shop windows display chocolate fountains, and there is even a chocolate theater, 

  1. __________

Attracting over 200000 visitors annually, the festival has something to appeal to all age groups. For adults there are chocolate-making lessons, while children can visit chocolate workshops and sample such delights as edible smartphones. There are also opportunities to learn about the people who produce the ingredients of chocolate, and how the policy of Fairtrade can make a real difference to their lives. This is often a particular interest to local students. 

  1. __________

In conclusion, this is an informative and hugely enjoyable festival that leaves a pleasant taste in the mouth. I noticed, however, that rather fewer stalls gave free samples than in previous years and consequently, I would recommend the organizer encourage stallholders to be a little more generous in future. I would also suggest they consider changing the dates from chilly December to a warmer month – even if some of that delicious chocolate might melt. 


Exam task

You work for an agency that promotes your country’s tourist industry abroad. Your manager has asked you to write a report on an interesting, lesser-known sight in your country. Your report should describe the place or building, explain its significance to your country, and suggest ways it could become better-known internationally. 



Report 3

Your school wants to increase the percentage of its students studying science subjects to an advanced level. The head teacher has asked you to write a report on attitudes towards science among the students. 

Your report should evaluate the appeal of science at the school, explain why comparatively few students want to become scientists, and suggest ways of encouraging more of them to consider a future career in science. 

Write your report. 


Write a subheading

Example

Science at school and at work 

  1. ________

Concern has been expressed about a relative lack of interest in science as a school subject of future career. This report focuses on the views of students and puts forward suggestions for improving the image of science. 

  1. _________

The vast majority of students who opt for science subjects feel they  made the right decision. They enjoy conducting experiments in the well-equipped laboratories and appreciate the fact that the teaching staff are more highly qualified than their counterparts in arts subjects. In consequence, science students believe they are learning in a more stimulating environment. 

  1. ____________

Unfortunately, however, some students think twice before choosing science, owing to their reputation as comparatively difficult subjects that involve memorizing facts and figures. Moreover, there is a widespread belief that high marks are harder to obtain in the sciences. 

  1. ____________

In addition, science has serious image problems. Many are discouraged by the perceived lack of glamor of science as a progression, by films stereotypes of mad professors and computer geeks, and by the suspicion with which the media often treat science research, for instance concerning genetically modified food. 

  1. _____________

To create a more positive impression of science, students should be invited to participate in Science Fair projects, scientific work experience programs and virtual Open Days at university science faculties. They should also be made aware of the benefits of studying science, such as developing thinking skills, discovering how things work and -one day- finding real solutions to real problems. 


Task

Your job involves making long-distance business trips. Colleagues who are about to begin making similar trips have asked you which electronic device you always take with you when you travel. Now they have requested a report on that device. 

Your report should explain why you chose that kind of device, evaluate its usefulness in practice, and suggest how it could be improved. 

Write your report.


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